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Nerds Wraith King

7.36c
skeleton_king
Wraith King
Offlane Support
Updated: 7/27/24, 8:14 PMPatch 7.36cAuthor: Leamare
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Hero stats
4,138
52.08%
39
35.90%

Description

Wraith King is a strength melee carry, who is one of the most efficient junglers in the game. He can be played as a support with main focus on summons and auras, whie also roaming around.

This build is untraditional and may require additional understanding of hero's limits and the build's idea. Try it only if you know what you are doing.
The build is based on replays of Divine 5 players and inspired by Secret.Puppey's match as support Wraith King during ESL One Katowice 2018 major.

Facets

skeleton_king_facet_bone_guard
Bone Guard
Matches: 23
Winrate: 34.78%
Pickrate: 41.07%
skeleton_king_facet_cursed_blade
Spectral Blade
Matches: 33
Winrate: 30.30%
Pickrate: 58.93%

Starting Items

tango
boots

Skill Build

Talents
Reincarnation Casts Wraithfire Blast
25
-2s Mortal Strike Cooldown
+70 Attack Speed
20
+35% Cleave
+400 Health
15
+1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration
+25% Wraithfire Blast Impact Damage/DPS
10
+10% Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal
Skill Build Timeline
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skeleton_king_mortal_strike
skeleton_king_hellfire_blast
skeleton_king_hellfire_blast
skeleton_king_reincarnation
skeleton_king_hellfire_blast
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skeleton_king_mortal_strike
skeleton_king_reincarnation
skeleton_king_mortal_strike
skeleton_king_mortal_strike
talents_tree_full
skeleton_king_reincarnation
talents_tree_full
talents_tree_full

Main Build

Early Items
boots
magic_stick
soul_ring
Core Items
quelling_blade
phase_boots
blink
Lategame Items
ultimate_scepter
assault
aghanims_shard
shivas_guard
Situational Early
vladmir
pipe
force_staff
ancient_janggo
heavens_halberd
solar_crest
guardian_greaves
crimson_guard
holy_locket
orb_of_corrosion
Situational
ghost
blade_mail
meteor_hammer
spirit_vessel
harpoon
Utility
pipe
crimson_guard
guardian_greaves
force_staff
heavens_halberd
vladmir
solar_crest
Core Transition
mjollnir
radiance
bloodthorn
echo_sabre
nullifier
black_king_bar
Alternatives
There are no elements
Order swaps
There are no elements

Build Timeline

Early Items
boots
magic_stick
Item #1
soul_ring
Early Items
quelling_blade
Situation
vladmir
force_staff
ancient_janggo
holy_locket
orb_of_corrosion
Item #2
phase_boots
Early Items
wind_lace
Situation
pipe
heavens_halberd
solar_crest
guardian_greaves
crimson_guard
Item #3
blink
Item #4
ultimate_scepter

Lategame Items

Lategame Main Route
ultimate_scepter
assault
aghanims_shard
shivas_guard
All Lategame Items
ultimate_scepter
assault
aghanims_shard
shivas_guard
harpoon
ghost
meteor_hammer
blade_mail
spirit_vessel
mjollnir
radiance
bloodthorn
echo_sabre
nullifier
black_king_bar

Neutral Items

Tooltips

Spells Tooltips

Mortal Strike

Great ability for zoning enemies early, as well as farm jungle inbetween ganks. Crits are good for trading hits and farming jungle early, skeletons are great for zoning opponents and farming jugle early on. Note that you can also use wards to guide your skeletons around.

Reincarnation

Signature skill that makes a decent tank out of us. You can skip it early on if you don't want to waste it without a purpose.

Wraithfire Blast

Good skill to learn at level 1 for a kill potential. Otherwise get it on level 2 and keep it level 1 for a while.

Items Tooltips
blink

Even while it's position 4 WK, you still need to get Blink Dagger to initiate. You lack mobility in general and it helps to keep up, but ability to escape after ult most of the time or initiate with almost instant stun is too valuable.

quelling_blade

Useful for early farming

ghost

Against high physical damage

pipe

Works well against a lot of magic damage

ultimate_scepter

One of the most underrated aspects of WK. It helps to make huge impact in fights even after somebody died. Especially good with burst initiation.

assault

Buff for both your armor and attack speed. Works well with summons and great aura to have.

shivas_guard

Alternatively, if your team already have AC, you can get Shiva's instead. It's not as good for your hero, but it's still great item to have

blade_mail

You're naturally pretty tanky and have two lives, so Blade Mail seems like a good purchase.

soul_ring

One of WK's main problems is mana. With Soul Ring it mostly gets solved.

ancient_janggo

Cheap stats, mana regen and movement speed - all that position 4 WK might need.

meteor_hammer

Good for finishing early

solar_crest

Amplifies damage from skeletons, gives cheap armor and miss chance.

crimson_guard

Works well againt summons

spirit_vessel

Natural upgrade for Urn and one of the strongest support items